Taking Notes Online with NoodleTools

Holly Frilot Library Media Specialist Collins Hill High School Fall 2010

How can I take notes?

Old way: 3x5 index cards

New way: Online with NoodleTools! – Stay organized easily

– Never lose your notes

– Avoid plagiarism

– Keep up with your sources

Your work is organized into projects.

Open a project you’ve started…or start a new one

Manage a project from your dashboard

Create notes directly from cited sources

Click “new” in the notecards category to create a new notecard tied to that source. Click “show” to see a card already created.

Notecards: thorough and easy

1. Cut-and-paste Capture author’s words, images

– Get quotes and attribution right

– Mark-up the quote to understand the author’s idea

2. Paraphrase or summarize Explain it to yourself

– Tag concepts and facts

– Avoid plagiarism

3. My ideas Prompts for original thinking

– Analyze how it fits your research

– Ask questions, evaluate ideas

– List “to do” plan

Cut-and-paste first

Author’s image

Author’s words

You’ll get quotes and attribution right…

and avoid accidental plagiarism.

Reread and color-code information

Red for problems

Green for statistics

Highlight main ideas

Annotating helps you understand

Then explain it to yourself**Using words that you understand

What do you think?

I wonder…?

“To do” next

Add the main idea last

Add tags now…or later*

*It’s easier to add tags when you know more

Source

Notes

Your notes and sources stay linked

You can always go back to the source

Sometimes rereading clears up questions

Use your tabletop to organize notes

Your new notes

Sort notes however you like!

Drag notes

Make piles

Group notes that you feel belong together

Take as many notes as you need to!

Your tabletop is larger than the screen

A bird’s eye view

Label your notes with visual cues

Add reminders, colors and tags

Build your outline on-the-fly…

…or create it before you take notes

Drag notes and piles into your outline

Print notecards

Print your notecards.

*Make sure to choose “Export to Word” for

printing to work correctly at school.

Printing steps

1. Choose all or some notecards to print.

2. Choose all or some features to print.

3. Click here. (Works around pop-up blockers.)

4. Select “Open” to view your notecards as a Word doc and print.

Enough information?

When you think you’re done, review your work

• Can I add more tags now that I know more?– Label details, themes, concepts

• Other ways to order my ideas?– Reorder by searching on 2-3 tags at once

• Any loose ends?

• Are there types of sources I missed?

– Use button to see the type and range of sources you used

Your work is always saved!

Use your “noodle”!

Stay organized and feel successful• Access your work from home and school• Safeguard against accidental plagiarism• Spend your time thinking and creating

(not on formatting)• Produce quality work

Questions? Stop by the media center.